The ASP Server object is used to access methods and properties on the server. The Server object provides a variety of functionality such as the ability to execute other ASP pages within a page, or map a virtual path on the physical server. The syntax, properties and methods of the ASP Server object are as follows:

Properties

Property	Description
ScriptTimeout	The ScriptTimeout property sets or returns the maximum amount of time, in seconds, that the script in the page can run before it is terminated. The default value is 90 seconds.

Setting the ScriptTimeout Value

<%
Server.ScriptTimeout=value in seconds

Server.ScriptTimeout=90
%>

Retrieving the value of the ScriptTimeout Property

<%
Response.Write(Server.ScriptTimeout)
%>

Methods

Method	Description
CreateObjet	The CreateObject method creates an instance of the object such as a component, application or a scripting object. Once instantiated, the objects properties and methods are exposed.
Execute	The Execute method executes another ASP page from within the ASP page, without leaving the current page.
GetLastError	The GetLastError method returns an ASPError object that describes the error condition that occurred.
HTMLEncode	The HTMLEncode method applies HTML encoding to a specified string. All non-legal HTML characters are converted to their equivalent HTML entity.
MapPath	The MapPath method maps a specified virtual or relative path to a physical path on the server.
Transfer	The Transfer method sends all current state information to another page specified in the URL.
URLEncode	The URLEncode method applies URL encoding rules to a specified string. All characters that are not valid in an URL are converted to their equivalent HTML entity.

CreateObject

Syntax
set variable=Server.CreateObject(progID)

<%
set objCmd=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.command")
%>

Execute

Syntax
Server.Execute(path)

<%
Server.Execute("page2.asp")
%>

GetLastError

<%
Server.GetLastError()
%>

HTMLEncode

Syntax
Server.HTMLEncode(string)

<%
Response.Write(Server.HTMLEncode("A paragraph element uses the <p> tag."))
%>

MapPath

Syntax
Server.MapPath(path)

<%
Response.Write(Server.MapPath("default.asp") & "<br />")
Response.Write(Server.MapPath("images/img1.jpg") & "<br />")
%>

Output
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\default.asp
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\images\img1.jpg

Transfer

Syntax
Server.Transfer(path)

<%
Server.Transfer("page2.asp")
%>

URLEncode

Syntax
Server.URLEncode(string)

<%
Response.Write(Server.URLEncode("http://www.itgeared.com"))
%>

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